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Back Issues: A romp through drag city
- Description
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Cross dressing performers regularly appeared in Palmerston North theatres between 1910's and 1950's, ranging from war veterans to international celebrities. Newspaper reviews suggest male and female impersonators were regarded as a respectable part of mainstream entertainment.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- September 10, 2022
- Digitisation ID
- 2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041064
- Format
- Born Digital